- Screenplay:
- William Nicholson
- Music:
- Richard Hartley
- Designer:
- Chris Robilliard
- Film Editor:
- Tariq Anwar
- Photography:
- John Hooper
- Producer:
- Peter Goodchild
- Director:
- David Wheatley
- Hamada family:
- Mohamed Majd
- Hamada family:
- Najat Nasry
- Hamada family:
- Rachida Oufkir
- Amal:
- Mohamed Naime
- Ibrahim Mohamed:
- Bel Lafkih
- Yacoub:
- Ahmed Mazouzi
- Isa El-Mahdi:
- Malick Bowens
- Clare Fitzgerald:
- Juliet Stevenson
- Roy Cox:
- Dermot Crowley
- Mohamed Said:
- Hassan Skalli
- Lundgren:
- Ned Vukovic
- Young marcher:
- Hamid Belaichi
- Young marcher:
- Abdelaziz Ait Hmiti
- Young marcher:
- Mustapha Hridia
- Jean-Marie Limonier:
- Jean-Claude Bouillon
- Gert Kellner:
- Michael Mellinger
- Leo Borelli:
- Robert Rietty
- March leader:
- Mbaye Ousmane
- March leader:
- Mohamed Aybouri
- German television crew:
- Metin Yenal
- German television crew:
- Stephen Grothgar
- Jenny:
- Sian Webber
- Tom Epps:
- Sverre Anker Ousdal
- CNN newsreader:
- Marie Stillin
- CNN newsreader:
- Robert Jezek
- CNN reporter:
- Leslie Lyon
- Marcus Brown:
- Joseph Mydell
- Jack Harris:
- Lon Satton
- Aidan Fitzgerald:
- James Hayes
- Mrs Pearce:
- Patricia Leventon
- Old marcher:
- Mohamed Atik
- Girl in dramatisation:
- Nathalie Hanlon
- Television presenter:
- Tom Marshall
- Man in studio:
- Sean Murray
- Woman in studio:
- Mary Duddy
- Noelle Epps:
- Catherine Schell
- Loner:
- Abdelouahed Kaisser
- Spanish minister:
- Arturo Venegas
- French minister:
- Daniel Pageon
- British minister:
- David Henry
- Major General Wells:
- David Quilter
